Virginia Suffers Costly Loss to Florida State at ACC Baseball Championship

Virginia’s keep in Charlotte this week will probably be temporary. The Cavaliers have been eradicated from advancing to the semifinals of the ACC Baseball Championship after struggling a 13-3 defeat to Florida State on Wednesday at Truist Subject in Charlotte. 

Brian O’Connor was pressured to make use of a complete of seven pitchers within the recreation, because the Seminoles put up 9 runs on the board within the first 4 innings and have been all around the Virginia pitching workers from begin to end. After UVA starter Brian Gursky struck out the primary two batters he confronted, Jaime Ferrer hit a two-out single after which scored on the subsequent pitch as Brett Roberts doubled to proper middle to drive within the recreation’s first run. 

Gursky delivered a scoreless second inning however was knocked out of the sport within the third. He gave up back-to-back singles to start the inning after which a two-run double to Ferrer. After one other single and a wild pitch, Gursky gave up one other two-run double to James Tibbs that spelled the top of Gursky’s afternoon. UVA inserted Jay Woolfolk, who gave up a two-run house run to Alex Toral earlier than lastly getting out of the inning with Florida State main 7-0. 

The difficulty continued for the Cavaliers within the fourth inning. Woolfolk gave up a double to Tyler Martin adopted by an RBI single to Jordan Carrion. Woolfolk walked the subsequent batter after which an error by Jake Gelof at third-base allowed one other run to attain to make it 9-0. 

Virginia lastly bought on the board within the backside of the fourth. Alex Tappen and Jake Gelof began the inning with back-to-back singles however Devin Ortiz then hit right into a double-play. Even with two outs, UVA managed to maintain the inning going. Kyle Teel ripped a ball into proper middle that he stretched right into a triple as Alex Tappen scored from third. Casey Saucke then delivered a double to attain Teel and Saucke got here house on the subsequent pitch as Ethan Anderson singled up the center to make it 9-3. The Cavaliers did no additional injury within the inning as Chris Newell struck out. Had Ortiz not grounded into the double play, UVA would have possible scored at the least a few extra runs. 

That three-run fourth inning was the one scoring for Virginia on the day, because the UVA bats struggled almost as a lot because the Cavalier pitchers. Florida State wanted simply two pitchers to carry one of many nation’s high offenses to 3 runs. UVA had 10 hits within the recreation, however stranded seven runners on base. Florida State starter Bryce Hubbart went 4 innings, permitting three earned runs on seven hits and hanging out 4 batters. Hubbart was changed within the fifth by Wyatt Crowell, who held the Cavaliers off the board and gave up simply three hits and recorded six strikeouts. 

Florida State added two runs within the seventh on a two-run house run by Reese Albert and one other two runs within the eighth on a two-run single by Toral, which gave the Seminoles a ten run lead. 

Crowell shut the Cavaliers down within the eighth and preserved the 13-3 FSU lead, triggering the 10-run rule and ending the sport. This marks the primary time Virginia has been run-ruled within the ACC Event since 2006. 

With the loss, it’s now not possible for Virginia (38-16) to advance to Saturday’s semifinals whatever the final result of UVA’s second pool play recreation in opposition to Notre Dame on Friday. The winner of the Notre Dame-Florida State recreation on Thursday will advance to the semifinals. The Cavaliers and Preventing Irish will meet on Friday at 11am at Truist Subject in Charlotte. 

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